AUSTIN, MINN. — Hormel Foods Corporation has recognized 58 of its suppliers with its 2009 Spirit of Excellence Award. The companies represent an array of industries, from those providing provisions to producers and including suppliers of transportation and equipment. Suppliers were ranked by ratings based on their performance, promptness and administrative support and service provided in 2009.
“The Spirit of Excellence Awards are a great way to thank our suppliers for helping Hormel Foods continue to build upon our heritage of innovation and quality,” said Melanie Faust, Hormel’s director of purchasing. “Each year, we look forward to presenting this award as a way of showing appreciation to our suppliers.”
The 2009 winners are eligible for the Hormel No. 1 Award, which will be announced in 2011 for four-time Spirit of Excellence recipients from 2006 to 2010.
The 2009 winners include:
A.J. Lysne Contracting Corporation
Alcan Packaging
Ampac Packaging LLC
BagcraftPapercon
Ball Corporation Metal Food & Household Products
Bunzl Processor Division
Commercial Services
Crown Cork & Seal Company Inc.
Dickey Transport Inc.
Dickson Industries Inc.
East Penn Manufacturing Company Inc.
Ecolab Inc.
Environmental Land Management
Fehr Solutions LLC
Ferguson Enterprises Inc.
Jason Fett
Fieldale Farms Corporation
Fox Electric
G E LeBlanc Inc.
Gamer Packaging Inc.
Gleeson Constructors LLC
Graphic Packaging International Inc.
Green Bay Packaging Inc.
Holiday Express Corporation
Mike and Steve Hopkins
Hub Group Inc.
Hydrite Chemical Co.
Ideal
Jayhawk Boxes, Inc.
JBS Hogs
The Joseph Company Inc.
KOFAB
Lou Rich Inc.
Marzolf Swine Inc.
McFarland Truck Lines Inc.
Menasha Packaging Co. LLC
The Meyers Printing Companies Inc.
Midwest Coast Transport
Muller Pinehurst Dairy Inc.
Multivac
Newly Weds Foods
Ron Nykamp
Paris Foods
Preston Refrigeration Co.
RR Donnelley
Red Arrow Products Co. LLC
John Regier
Sealed Air Corporation Cryovac Division
Silgan Containers Corporation
Smyth Companies Inc.
Stuart W. Johnson & Co. Inc.
Superior Companies of Minnesota Inc.
Viscofan USA
Walter G. Anderson Inc.
Weber Inc.
Werner Electric Supply and Van Meter Industrial Inc.
Wolf-Tec Inc.
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